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wiggbuggie
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DeniseNY
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Ok, now that’s funny!
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Mimi20
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That’s some of the best advice I’ve heard. 
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LilyM
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:clapping:'It’s funny ‘cos it’s true …’ - Homer Simpson.
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EasterJoy
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Patience may be easier when you’ve been widowed twice, though? She was patient for a husband so much as she was loyal to Naomi. The lesson of Ruth is to pick your MIL well!
Ruth’s willingness to follow Naomi’s directions–My daughter, I must seek a home for you that will please you. Now is not Boaz, with whose servants you were, a relative of ours? This evening he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. So bathe and anoint yourself; then put on your best attire and go down to the threshing floor. Do not make yourself known to the man before he has finished eating and drinking. But when he lies down, take note of the place where he does so. Then go, uncover a place at his feet, and lie down. He will tell you what to do." (Ruth 3:1b-4)–was agreeing to do something fairly brazen, especially for a foreign woman. She really trusted Naomi to the extreme, because this could have put her into the middle of a scandal! Because she had not gone after a young man, though, but for the man Naomi had selected for her, Boaz covered for her.
She only knew Boaz would respect her because Naomi knew it. That says something.
Ruth’s willingness to follow Naomi’s directions–My daughter, I must seek a home for you that will please you. Now is not Boaz, with whose servants you were, a relative of ours? This evening he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. So bathe and anoint yourself; then put on your best attire and go down to the threshing floor. Do not make yourself known to the man before he has finished eating and drinking. But when he lies down, take note of the place where he does so. Then go, uncover a place at his feet, and lie down. He will tell you what to do." (Ruth 3:1b-4)–was agreeing to do something fairly brazen, especially for a foreign woman. She really trusted Naomi to the extreme, because this could have put her into the middle of a scandal! Because she had not gone after a young man, though, but for the man Naomi had selected for her, Boaz covered for her.
She only knew Boaz would respect her because Naomi knew it. That says something.
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cmscms
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um… I can’t help but think this is degrading to men. I can’t help but think if a man was to post something about waiting to meet a good wife and use all those negative descriptions on women, the feminist would be all over him
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LilyM
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I don’t. Women, as many feminists such as myself will acknowledge, are every bit as guilty of all of the above as men. I would have no problem with the respective genders being reversed.
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Nec5
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Yeah, well, we can take it and are used to it.
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KostyaJMJ
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I take it that men are already smart enough to stay away from crazy women. Women on the other hand apparently have to be told to stay away from homeless, drug-addled dead beats… seems more offensive to women to me.
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Charlotte408
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Bwaah ha ahahaha!!!
TOO FUNNY…
TOO FUNNY…
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twk001
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the best advice i ever got was from my grandma- STOP LOOKING! God will send you your lifemate in His timing…He did, after I stopped trying to control it.
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Havard
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The poor-az bothered me.
Poor does not mean lazy nor financially irresponsible. Plenty of stable, and even successful people have taken jobs for the experience, or put themselves through school, or have been temporarily unemployed earlier in their careers. Rejecting them because they’re currently poor is messed up.
Poor does not mean lazy nor financially irresponsible. Plenty of stable, and even successful people have taken jobs for the experience, or put themselves through school, or have been temporarily unemployed earlier in their careers. Rejecting them because they’re currently poor is messed up.
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Charlotte408
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I like that you take that view.
Some people might be very, very intimidated to date a person who is more well off, or educated then them, for fear of being thought of as ignorant, or poor…etc. Even though they are beautiful, intelligent people with good hearts.
I wouldn’t take this gif too seriously though, it’s funny only because of play on words…
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EasterJoy
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I don’t know if I’d say degrading to men so much as it is an example of some pretty snotty humor. If someone’s actual dating choices had been referred to in that way, the woman would be right to take insult. Besides, how much respect is implied by the phrase, “respects Yoaz”?
Trying to be cute, really not that cute.
Verdict: Duh-dump-dump-BAM! Silence. One uncomfortable cough. (Tough crowd here tonight!)
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Havard
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You’re right, it is meant to be lighthearted, so maybe I shouldn’t spend much time thinking about it. But there are so many people out there who judge others on money… especially here in CA. It really grosses me out when women ask what car you drive, or what your zip code is, etc… when it’s obvious they are fishing for materialistic info.I like that you take that view.
Some people might be very, very intimidated to date a person who is more well off, or educated then them, for fear of being thought of as ignorant, or poor…etc. Even though they are beautiful, intelligent people with good hearts.
I wouldn’t take this gif too seriously though, it’s funny only because of play on words…
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Charlotte408
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I feel the same likewise towards men that do this.
I think that there are certain ideas floating about that harm us. And I mean ‘us’ as in we are hurting ourselves very directly by holding them. I always thought a woman should be able to do certain things for herself, and unfortunately I haven’t been the superwoman I thought I could be. During a recent retreat and some deep contemplation, I’ve realised that my own expectations of what a woman should be, is actually what is holding me back from dating at all.
It’s sad, really. I’ve never been materialistic but just knowing how materialistic everyone else is I feel like I just don’t make the cut. It is intimidating to even think of meeting a man who more well off or educated than I am.
Ugh but now I am getting too personal and off topic, I bid you adieu my friend
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cmscms
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In that light yes, it is offensive to womenI take it that men are already smart enough to stay away from crazy women. Women on the other hand apparently have to be told to stay away from homeless, drug-addled dead beats… seems more offensive to women to me.
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chevalier
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I didn’t appreciate the wordlplays. They were supposed to be brilliant and showy, ended up being half-intelligent.
Waiting patiently is one thing (and obviously, that part is right: wait patiently and don’t settle for guys who lie, cheat, beat you etc.), waiting passively and not being approachable is another. Ruth wasn’t at all passively sitting in an ivory tower.
Waiting patiently is one thing (and obviously, that part is right: wait patiently and don’t settle for guys who lie, cheat, beat you etc.), waiting passively and not being approachable is another. Ruth wasn’t at all passively sitting in an ivory tower.
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LilyM
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On the contrary, if memory serves - did she not in essence approach Boaz? It seems the moral would be that one waits patiently until one finds a good opportunity - and then pounces
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chevalier
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Yes, she did. And there was a whole big apologetics story about that (in two instalments) by a female apologist who encouraged women to make a proactive move.On the contrary, if memory serves - did she not in essence approach Boaz? It seems the moral would be that one waits patiently until one finds a good opportunity - and then pounces
Same book of the Bible, see.
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